Bedstead.



No. 696,858. Patented Apr. I, I902.

s. E. CLAUSSEN.

BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed June 10, 1901.}

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INVENTOH ATTORNEYS No. 696,858. Patented Apr. I, I902.

S. E. CLAUSSEN.

BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed June 10. 1901.1

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SIEGFRIED EDYVARD CLAUSSEN, OF IVALLA VVALLA, WASHINGTON.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFIGATIOH forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,858, dated April 1, 1902.

Application filed June 10, 1901.

To all whom it many concern.-

Be it known that I, SIEGFRIED EDWARD CLAUssEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at vValla NValla, in the county of Walla WValla and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in bedsteads, relating particularly to the connection of the post with the rail of the bed, and having for an object to provide mechanism which will operate to hold the rail and post together, permit the regulation of such parts it they are not straight, and will serve to brace the bed in the region of the connection of the post and rail; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of a portion of a bed provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional View thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail crosssection on about line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing the post alone. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the same line, 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing the post, the rail, and the brace mechanism. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of the brace. Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of one end of the bed-rail, and

Fig. 7 shows a brace differing somewhat from that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, and Figs. 8 and 9 show somewhat diiferent constructions for connection with the post and the rail.

In carrying out my invention I provide a brace which extends between the post and rail, is adjustable, so it can be set with respect to such parts, and is preferably adjustably connected with the rail, detachably engaged with the post, and extends in both directions from the rail to the post, so it can brace the latter above and below the connection of the rail with such post.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5 the brace is curved in the form of a bow, with the ends A of the rod or bow A formed to engage in seats B of the post B, the rod A being threaded at its middle at A to receive the nuts 0 and D, the latter-being preferably a winged nut, as shown. The postB and the rail E may be connected at F in the usual or othersuitable detachable manner, as shown in Fig. 1-.

I prefer to provide the post ]3 with collars B and to form the seats B in such collars as shown in Fig. 3, such seats having grooves 19 extending laterally to facilitate the insertion of the bracing-rod into the said seat B, as will be understood from Fig. 4.

The rail E is shown as a channel or angle rail, with its horizontal wing E at the top, and such wing is provided with the keyhole-slot E having the contracted wing E, as shown in Fig. 6, the larger portion of the slot E being adapted to permit the passage of the nut 0 when desired.

In applying the parts, when the post and rail have been united as usual the brace may be inserted through the keyhole-slot from above until the nut C passes below the wing E, when the brace may be moved into the narrow wing E of the slot E with the nut 0 bearing below the bed-rail. The nut D may be then adjusted to bear above the rail and the ends of the brace be adjusted into engagement with the post by swinging them from the dotted position, Fig. 4, to the fullline position shown in such figure and in Figs. 1 and 2, in which position the brace will be held by its resilience, as well as by tightening the nuts 0 and D. It will also be noticed that by adjusting said nuts the post and rail may be straightened if out of line, and for this reason I prefer to employ the said nuts, as well as for the further reason that they operate when tightened to lock the brace firmly to the rail; but manifestly, where desired, the rail might be engaged by other devices on the brace-such, for instance, as shown in Fig. 7 and it may also be desirable to extend the brace on one side of the rail alonethat is, either above the rail or below the rail-instead of bracing the post both above and below the rail, which construction of brace will be understood from Fig. 7.

When the horizontal wing of the rail is arranged at the upper side thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I prefer to arrange the wingnut above the rail; but manifestly if the rail should be reversed and have its wing E at its lower side the winged nut would be arranged below the rail instead of as shown in Fig. 2.

In the construction shown in Fig. 8 the rail has a keyhole-slot 1, and the brace is shouldered at 2 to engage above and below the rail and has its ends threaded at 3 to receive the nuts 4, which turn in sockets in the post, so the said nuts can be turned to adjust the brace as may be desired.

The construction shown in Fig. 9 is still diiferent, having the ends of the brace 5 secured at 6 to the post, the brace being passed through aslot 7 in the top wing of the rail and slotted at 8 for a bolt 9, which is passed through a slot 10 in the vertical wing of the rail.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bed having its post provided above and below its rail connection with sockets forming seats for the ends of a brace and having its rail provided with a keyhole-slot, the brace in the form of a bow formed at its ends to engage in the sockets of the post and provided at its middle with a threaded portion and passed through the keyhole-slot in the rail, with its threaded portion above and below the rail and the nuts on the brace above and below the rail substantially as set forth.

2. The improvement in beds comprising the post, the rail constructed for connection with the post the integral bow brace, and nuts adjustable on the brace above and below the rail, the ends of the brace being secured. to the post on opposite sides of the rail, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the post and rail and means connecting the post and rail together, the detachable bow brace rod extending through an opening in the rail and bracing the post at the ends of said brace, and means on said rod for securing it above and below said opening, substantially as described.

4. The post having a socket B and a lateral recess or groove leading thereinto,the rail, and the brace having a vertical axis in and. held from longitudinal movement through the rail whereby it is held to the rail and may swing to adjust its end laterally into and out of the socket B.

5. In a bedstead, the combination of the post, the rail, and a brace extending between the post and rail and adjustable in connection with said parts in the direction of its length substantially as set forth.

6. In a bedstead, the combination with the rail and the post to which said rail is connected of the brace-rod extended between the rail and post and having a vertical axis in connection with the rail and means for holding the brace from movement in the direction of such axis through the rail whereby the free end of the brace may be adjusted laterally into and out of engagement with the post substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of the post, the rail, the brace passed through the rail and engaged at its ends with the post, and nuts on the brace above and below the rail, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of the post, the rail having a keyhole-slot, and the brace-rod extending between the rail and post and passed through the keyhole-slot in the rail and having means engaging with the rail adjacent to the keyhole-slot substantially as set forth.

9. In a bedstead, the combination of the post, the rail having an opening for the brace and the brace passed through the rail held between its ends to the said rail and engaged at its ends with the post on opposite sides of the rail, substantially as set forth.

SIEGFRIED EDWARD CLAUSSEN.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE T. THOMPSON, M. U. ESDERTS. 

